Lindsay Unified School District

Career Highlights

Mr. Rooney has engaged in the system-wide transformative work of building a learner-centered Performance Based System throughout the entire K-12 learning community, in which each of the 4,100 Lindsay learners receive a customized learning experience. Beyond the Lindsay Unified School District, Mr. Rooney has become a nationally recognized voice for all matters related to customized learning, competency-based learning, and future-focused transformation. Mr. Rooney has co-authored the book, "Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Toward Personalized Learning." He serves on the Board of Directors for iNACOL and is a founding member of the Mass Customized Learning National Alliance. Mr. Rooney is also a certified trainer and professional coach with The Breakthrough Coach.

Fun Fact

Marathon runner

Career Highlights

Barry Sommer is a licensed educational psychologist, certified school psychologist, and a marriage and family therapist. AT Lindsay Unified School District, he is responsible for leadership development, grant writing, partnership development and scaling the Lindsay Performance Based System. He is in private practice with the Helix Group in Visalia, California, and is faculty at the Tulare County Office of New Teacher Leadership and Development Program and Columbia University in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. Sommer is a graduate of Cornell University and Queens College of the City University of New York. He is the co-author of "You Can Choose Your Own Life," a decision-making curriculum for middle grade students, and of Lindsay Unified's "Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Towards Personalized Learning."

Fun Fact

Native New Yorker